Sprite-class tanker explained

The Sprite class were a class of spirit tankers that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They went on to support British and allied fleet units during the Cold War.

Class overview

Two ships were eventually built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Ltd, and . They entered service in the during the Second World War and were used to carry aviation fuel and petroleum.^[1] Both survived the war, serving mainly in British waters and the Mediterranean Sea, and continued in service until being retired in the early 1960s and scrapped soon afterwards.^[2]

Ships

Name	Pennant	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
	A115	Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Ltd	September 1941	22 December 1942	16 February 1943	Scrapped in 1965
	A252	Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Ltd	April 1940	28 November 1940	11 February 1941	Scrapped in 1964

See also

• List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

References

• Book: Colledge, J.J.. J. J. Colledge

. J. J. Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy

An Historical Index Volume 2: Navy-built Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs and Requisitioned Ships

. David & Charles. Newton Abbot.

• Book: Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II. 1989. Crescent Books. New York.

Notes and References

1. Book: Jane's Fighting Ships. 82.
2. Web site: Olver. Sprite Class Tankers . 8 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006234848/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Postwar/RFA/sprite.htm. 6 October 2008.